Sport-costume



M. E. HEINRICH.

SPORT COSTUME.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1921.

1,396,203. Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

' 2 SHEETS-SHEET l- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY E. HEINRICH, OF IEREEPORT, NEW YORK.

SPORT-COSTUME.

Application filed May 21,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARY E. HEINRICH, a citizen of the United States, and resident of F reeport, Long Island, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sport-Costumes, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in sport costumes and particularly to knickerbockers having panels arranged in connection therewith to give the appearance of a skirt while permitting free movement of the limbs. Preferably front and back panels are provided and are adapted to be detachably secured to a belt, or the like, which may be buttoned on at the top of the knickerbockers, the panels then preferably being buttoned, or otherwise suitably secured to the upper portion of the knickerbockers, so as to permit the lower portions of the panels to hang. free. In the preferred construction plaited panels are employed which are so arranged as to provide outer folds of material having adjacent vertical edges, which are adapted to hang together, other portions of the panel being arranged to the rear of the opening so provided that a fold, or portion of the panel will always remainin position, during movement of the limbs, to preserve the appearance of a skirt.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of the character briefly referred to above.

In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, attention is hereby directed to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application and illustrating certain embodiments ofthe invention. In the drawings, 7

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a pair. of knickerbockers with a plaited panel secured thereon, embodying one form of the invention Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a pair of knickerbockers having a plain panel secured thereon, constituting a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1, through one of the two members of which the plaited panel shown in Fig. 1 is formed;

Fig. 4 is a similar section taken on line .4:4 of-Fig. 1, through the other member of .which the plaited panel is formed;

7 Figs. 5 and 6 representthe sheets of ma- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

1921. Serial No. 471,392.

Figs. 9 and 10 are detail views, somewhat diagrammatic and partly broken away, i1lus trating the manner in which the two members constituting the plaited panel are connected together at their upper portions.

Referring to the drawings, the construction comprises a pair of knickerbockers l which preferably are provided with cufi's 2 at the bottom over which boots or golf stockings may be drawn.

Various types of panel may be used to complete the costume. In Fig. 2 I have illustrated a plain panel 3 which is secured at its upper edge to a belt 4, which may be secured to buttons 5 at the top of the knickerbockers. Preferably the belt is made in two panel 3, this rear belt being buttoned on buttons 5, after which the front belt portion carrying the front panel 3 may be buttoned on buttons 5. Panel 3 is preferably provided with buttonholes along its edges by which itmay be secured to buttons 6 on the knickerbockers. The panel is thus fastened to the knickerbockers for a portion of its length and is adapted to hang free below such portion. When it is not desired that the panel should be detachable it may, of course, be sewed, or otherwise secured to the knickerbockers. The bottom edge 7 of the panel should hang in alinement with the bottom of the full portion of the knickerbockers indicated at 8 immediately above the cuffs 2. The plaited panel 3 shown in Fig. 1, may be, and preferably is carried by belt sections and buttoned, or otherwise secured to the knickerbockers in the manner described in connection with the plain panel.

Preferably each plaited panel, that is either the front panel or the rear panel, is made from a lefthand member 9 and a righthand member 10 which are shown in Figs.

out 11 which. is intended to be folded under righthand edge,

to the left along the line indicated at 15. The righthand member-10 is likewise provided with a cutout portion 13 at the upper part of its lefthand edge, whereby a portion of material 14 is provided beneath cutout 13 which is intended to be folded under to the right, along linelG. The material of member 9 is to be folded along the various dotted lines indicated thereon, and the material of member 10 is to be folded along the various dotted lines indicated thereon, as will be more fully explained hereinafter.

When the two members of the panel are to be secured together, the portion 12 of member 9, and the edge portion 17 adjacent to cutout 11, above the same, are folded under along line indicated at 15, portion 14 of member 10 being folded under to the right along line 16. The edge of portion 17 is then stitched over the vertical edge portion 18 of member 10, adjacent the cutout 13, this stitching being indicated by the line 19. The material of member 9 is then stitched in a horizontal line to the underlying horizontal edge portion 20 of member 10, at the bottom of cutout 13, as is indicated in Fig.9 at 21. The vertical center line of the panel is indicated in the various figures at 22, from which it will be noted that the portion 17 of member 9 is secured over the portion 18 of member 10 a short distance to the right of this center line.

The manner in which member 10 is folded to'produce the desired plaited effect is indicated in Figs. 3 and 8. Beginning at the 22, of the member the mate- 7 rial extends to the right for a short distance and is then folded back uponitself along line 23, the outer portion of the material being indicated at 24. After extending for a distance to back upon itself along line 25, the overlying material, '26, extending to the right until it is again folded over upon itself along the line 27, the overlying fold of material, 28, extending to theleft until edge 29 is reached, from which line the material is folded back under itself, as is indicated at 30, until edge 31 is reached, the material again extending to the left, as is indicated at 32, from edge- 31 untilj'the outside edge 16 is reached, from which point the, material, as indicated at 14, is againfolded backunder itself. The

under outside fold extending from edge 22 to the foldingline 23 is stitched along its edge,

, as is indicated at 33, to the overlying material 24, and the underlying fold 14, at the opposite edge of member 10, is stitched adj acent to 1ts edge to the overlying fol-d; 32, as

is indicated at 34.

Member-9 is folded in a similar manner to member 10, and, beginning with the leftof member 9, it comprises folds as, 39, 40 and 12. .The outside underlying fold 35 may be stitched. along its hand edge 5 the left the material is folded edge to the overlyin fold 36, as is indicated at 41, and the undeflying fold 12 at the opto each other at the vertical center line of the panel and the knickerbockers. The box plaits are stitched, adjacent their vertical edges 29 and 43, to the underlying material, namely, fold 40 of members 9, for a distance which extends down from thetop for a distance about equal to the vertical line of stitching 19 shown in Fig. 10, that is, to a point just below the bottoms of the cutouts 11 and 13.

It will also be noted that folds of members 9 and 10 are interleaved together, fold 40, 12, of member 9 being immediately behind the vertical opening between the box plaits, fold 40, 12, being interleaved or inserted between plait 25, 30, in front and fold '32, 14, of member 10, at the rear, This arrangement permits free movementsof the limbs while preserving the appearance of a plaited skirt. v

It will be understood that the invention is not strictly limited to the details of construction described but is as broad as is indi-.

cated by the accompanying claims.

What I claim is: v V V r 1. In a sport costume, the combination of knickerbockers, abelt adapted to be detach- V ably secured at the top thereof and removable therefrom, and panelsv secured to said belt to hang down over the knickerbockers, said knickerbockers and panels having coacting means for securing the upper portions the lower portions ofthepanels to hang free.

2. In a sport costume, the combination of knickerbockers, a belt adapted to be detachably secured at the top thereof and removable therefrom,-and a plaited panel secured knickerbockers, and panels hanging down at the front andrear thereof and removable of the panels to the knickerbockers, to permit.

therefrom, each panel beingsecured to the knickerbockers at its upper portion, and being plaited with interleaved folds adjacent its vertical center line so arranged as to permit free movement of the limbs while preserving the appearance of a. skirt.

4;. In a sport costume, the combination of knickerbockers, and panels hanging down at the front and rear thereof and removable thereform, each panel being formed of two members secured together at their upper portion and hanging down below said portion with a fold of one extending freely between folds of the other, said members having outer folds hanging freely in front of said first named fold with adjacent vertical edges adapted to hang together, each panel being secured to the knickerbockers at its side edges for a portion only of the vertical distance from the top thereof.

5. In a sport costume, the combination of knickerbockers and a panel hanging over the same in front, formed of two members folded along vertical lines, under folds of the members being secured together along 2 a vertical line, at one side of the center line of the panel, for a short distance from the top, said members being folded to provide box plaits in front having edges which hang adjacent to each other at the vertical 3 center line, said edges being secured to the underlying material for a distance from the top, and hanging freely for the distance below the same, and one member having a fold which extends behind the opening between 3 said ed es and is inserted between the box plait of the other member and an underlying fold of said other member.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 16th day of May, A. D. 1921.

MARY E. HEINRICH. 

